Tag: Self Styled Godman

Bhubaneswar: After spending two years in jail, self-styled godman Surendra Mishra, also known as Sura Baba, finally reached his Trahi Achyuta Ashram at Balakati on the city outskirts today after getting bail from the Supreme Court in a land fraud case. Sura was released from the Jharpada jail last night after getting bail from the […]

Balasore: A self-styled godman was beaten up black and blue by locals of Bulunia village under Manipur Khunta police limits in the district for allegedly practising black magic. As per reports, a woman of the village, Sushila Khilar had taken her daughter-in-law to the ashram of the self-styled godman as she was suffering from fever. […]

Sundergarh: Another self-styled godman has been charged with illegally encroaching upon land to the tune of 100-acre in Bindujharia village under Lephripara block of Sundergarh district. Local villagers alleged that godman, Dola Baba of ‘Bindu Tapobhumi’ ashram has encroached upon 100-acre forest land in the name of opening an Ayurvedic hospital and has been carrying […]

Ghaziabad: The Ghaziabad police on Saturday arrested a self-styled godman in Uttar Pradesh who was allegedly involved in the 2013 murder of Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) leader Deepak Bhardwaj. Machhendra Nath alias Baba Pratibhanand, who carried a bounty of Rs 1 lakh by the Delhi Police, was on the run for the last four years, […]

New Delhi/Bhubaneswar: The Supreme Court today granted bail to self-styled godman Sarathi alias Santosh Roul in a medical girl student molestation case. Informing newsmen on the SC order, Sarathi’s lawyer Sushant Kanungo said, “In the medico girl student case, the apex court granted the bail unconditionally to Sarathi while saying the State has violated the fundamental rights […]

New Delhi:  As self-styled godman Asaram was on Wednesday sentenced for life for raping a minor girl, the Congress party posted a video on Twitter, showing him with Prime Minister Narendra Modi. “‘A man is known by the company he keeps’ – Aesop’s fables #AsaramVerdict,” tweeted the party attaching the video. The video shows Modi […]

New Delhi: Ahead of a trial court’s verdict in rape case against self-styled godman Asaram, the Union Home Ministry today issued an advisory to Rajasthan, Gujarat and Haryana to step up security in order to prevent any untoward incident, an official said. The ministry also is in touch with the states concerned and Union Home […]

Jaipur: Police today arrested a 70-year-old self-styled godman, accused of raping a law student, from a private hospital in Alwar in Rajasthan. Police said Swami Kaushlendra Prapannachari Falahari Maharaj had got admitted to the hospital after the 21-year-old woman from Chhattisgarh’s Bilaspur district filed a rape complaint against him earlier this month. Aravali police station SHO […]

Cuttack: The Orissa High Court on Monday granted conditional bail to self-styled godman Santosh Raul alias Sarathi in connection with the case pertaining to alleged sexual harassment of a woman and her daughter. While granting bail to Sarathi against a surety of Rs 2 lakh and two bailers, the court mentioned that lower court may […]

Bhadrak: A self-styled godman was thrashed and later handed over to police by villagers for allegedly misbehaving with a woman on pretext of helping her conceive a child at Radhanathpur village under Basudevpur area in Bhadrak district late Saturday night. As per reports, one Krishna Jit of the village and his wife had no child […]